Past years

2016

December 21–January 23 (2016), Canadian Opera Company
Head of Music Preparation, Siegfried

March 21 (7:00pm), WFMT: Live from WFMT
Recital with William Cernota (cello): works by Bach, Miaskovsky, and Rachmaninov

May 16–June 12, Lyric Opera of Chicago
Residency with Ryan Opera Center

July 7, 9, Merola Opera Program
Conductor, Schwabacher Concerts

June 11–23, Westminster Choir College
Residency with CoOPERAtive

August 1–28, Lyric Opera of Chicago
Residency with Ryan Opera Center

September–November, Lyric Opera of Chicago
Cover conductor, Das Rheingold and Les Troyens

2015

December–February, Lyric Opera of Chicago
Cover conductor, Anna Bolena; Music preparation, Tannhäuser

January 26 (8:00pm), Live from WFMT
Sonatas for piano and cello (with William Cernota, cello)

March 19, 21, Washington National Opera
Conductor, Der fliegende Holländer

April 10, 12, Fargo-Morehead Opera
Conductor, La fille du regiment

April 6 (6:00pm), WFMT: Ryan Opera Center Recital Series
Works by Schumann, Debussy, and Chabrier (with Tracy Cantin, John Irvin, and Maureen Zoltek)

April 20–23, Canadian Opera Company
Residency with the COC Ensemble Studio

May 26–June 26, Lyric Opera of Chicago
Residency with the Ryan Opera Center

June 29–July 18, Westminster Choir College
Residency with CoOPERAtive

July 27–August 28, Lyric Opera of Chicago
Residency with the Ryan Opera Center

September–November, Lyric Opera of Chicago
Cover conductor, Le nozze di Figaro, Wozzeck

November 8, Lyric Unlimited
Conductor, An afternoon of chamber music with Bel Canto composer Jimmy Lopez

2014

January–March, Lyric Opera of Chicago
Rusalka (Music Preparation)

February 24 (8:00pm), Live from WFMT
Piano trios (with Heather Wittels, vln; Eran Meir, cello)

March 2 (3:00pm), Chicago Philharmonic Chamber Players
Piano trios (with Heather Wittels, vln; Eran Meir, cello)

March 25—April 25Canadian Opera Company
Roberto Devereux (Cover conductor)

May 27–June 7, San Francisco Opera
Residency with the Merola Opera Program

June 30–July 19, Westminster Choir College, Princeton
Residency with CoOPERAtive Program

November 6–9University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Conductor, L’elisir d’amore 

2013

January—March,  Lyric Opera of Chicago
La Bohème (Music preparation)
Rigoletto (Cover conductor)

March 4Ryan Opera Center Recital Series (broadcast by WFMT)
“Voices of Women” (accompanying Susanna Phillips, Emily Birsan, Tracy Cantin, Cecilia Hall, and Jnai Bridges)

March 11Live from WFMT
Piano quartets by Brahms, Mozart, Harbison, and Bridge (with Heather Wittels, vln; Roger Chase, vla; Christopher Ferrer, cello)

March 25—April 21, Canadian Opera Company
Salome (Music preparation)

April 6, Ryan Opera Center Recital Series (broadcast by WFMT)
“Wanderlust” (accompanying Quinn Kelsey, Evan Boyer, David Govertsen, Will Liverman, and Joseph Lim)

May 28 – June 8, Merola Opera Program, San Francisco

July 1—18, Westminster Choir College
Residency with CoOPERAtive Program

July 19—28, Baldwin Wallace College
Residency with Wagner Intensive (Conductor, coach)

July 29—September 13, Ryan Opera Center

August 12—17, Santa Fe Opera
Residency with the Apprentice Program for Singers

September 1 (2:30pm), St. John Cantius Church
Benefit concert with John Macfarlane, violin

September—December, Lyric Opera of Chicago
Madame Butterfly (Cover conductor)
La traviata (Music preparation, banda conductor)

November 18, (8:00pm) Live from WFMT
Sonatas for piano and violoncello by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, and Britten (with William Cernota, cello)

December 8 (3:00pm) Sunday Salon Series (Preston Bradley Hall-Chicago Cultural Center)
Concert with Quinn Kelsey, baritone

2012

January—March, Lyric Opera of Chicago
Aida (Banda conductor)
Rinaldo (Cover conductor)

March 23—April 26, Canadian Opera Company
Eine florentinische Tragödie (Music preparation)
Gianni Schicchi (Music preparation)

May 12—24, Cleveland Orchestra
Salome (Music preparation)

May 29—June 29, Ryan Opera Center
Don Pasquale (Conductor)

July 30—August 31, Ryan Opera Center

July 18—28, Baldwin Wallace College
Residency with Wagner Intensive (Conductor, coach)

September—December, Lyric Opera of Chicago
Elektra (Music preparation)
Werther (Music preparation, Organist)
Hänsel und Gretel (Cover conductor)

December 3Ryan Opera Center Recital Serie(broadcast by WFMT)
“Don Quixote” (accompanying Evan Boyer and David Govertsen)

December 3, Live from WFMT
Sonatas for piano and violoncello by Bach, Beethoven, Debussy, and Prokofiev (with William Cernota, cello)

2011

January—March, Lyric Opera of Chicago
Lohengrin (Music Preparation, banda conducting)
Carmen (Music Preparation)

March 29—April 2, Canadian Opera Company
Residency with the Ensemble Studio

April 12—July 1, San Francisco Opera
Die Walküre (Cover conductor)
Siegfried (Cover conductor)

July 23—30, Baldwin Wallace College
Residency with Wagner Intensive (Conductor, coach)

August 1—September 9, Ryan Opera Center

September 18, Live from Mayne Stage (broadcast by WFMT)
Sonatas for piano and violoncello by Beethoven and Brahms (with William Cernota, cello)

September—December, Lyric Opera  of Chicago
Lucia di Lammermoor (Music Preparation)
Ariadne auf Naxos (Cover conductor)
Die Zauberflöte (Music preparation)

November 20, University of Notre Dame
Recital with soprano Deborah Mayer

December 3, Live from Mayne Stage (broadcast by WFMT)
Piano quartets by Brahms, Mozart, and Faure (with Heather Wittels, vln; Frank Babbitt, vla; Walter Preucil, cello)